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12:00 PM: Missouri River reaches major flood stage at Nebraska City, NE
Nebraska City is between the two nuclear plants. It’s over 60 miles south of Fort Calhoun and about 30 miles north of the Cooper Nuclear Plant. Missouri River reaches major flood stage Nebraska City,...
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Nebraska’s nuclear plants: Army Corps set to release more water from Gavins...
Gavins Point Dam releases 150,000 cubic feet per second of water June 14, 2011, a record that more than doubles the previous high release. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Jay Woods) Army Corps...
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Report: 48 of 65 U.S. nuclear stations leaked radioactive tritium
“The public health and safety impact of this is next to zero. This is a public confidence issue.” — Nuclear Energy Institute’s Tony Pietrangelo “Radiation is actually good for you.” — Nuclear physicist...
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Cooper Nuclear Station: Brownville currently listed on NOAA.gov map as “major...
From NOAA.gov — Missouri River level at Brownville: Flood Categories (in feet) Major Flood Stage: 43 Moderate Flood Stage: 37 Flood Stage: 33 Action Stage: 31.5 As of 8:30 AM this morning, the Missouri...
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Thursday morning: Missouri River flooding and Nebraska’s nuclear plants
News reports this morning — something to keep in mind is that Cooper Nuclear Station is larger than Fort Calhoun. This CNN article below gives us some detail as to the situations of both plants:...
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NRC on Fort Calhoun: “there is now two feet of water in many areas onsite.”
The NRC has augmented its inspection staff at Fort Calhoun where there is now two feet of water in many areas onsite. In addition to the two resident inspectors, three more inspectors and a branch...
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Maddow Blog: What’s scary (and not) about Nebraska’s nuke plants
The Maddow Blog comments on the ZOMG! JUST LIKE FUKUSHIMA!! Media Blackout ordered by the New World Order!!!-style blogging that’s currently flying around on the interwebs about Nebraska’s nuclear...
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UPDATED: Levee failure near Brownsville — no threat to Cooper Nuclear Station
Omaha World-Herald reports: A Missouri River levee three miles north of Brownville, Neb., failed Thursday night, triggering evacuations in Atchison County, Mo. According to early assessments, the...
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Saturday morning: Missouri River levels near Fort Calhoun and Cooper Nuclear...
It’s a good thing that levee failed yesterday below Brownville (well,except for the people who had to evacuate in Atchison County). Had it not failed, the Cooper Nuclear Station was inches away from...
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Berm collapse at Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant — NRC says ‘no danger’
Omaha World-Herald: OMAHA, Neb. — A berm holding back floodwater at a Nebraska nuclear power plant has collapsed. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the 2,000-foot berm at the Fort Calhoun...
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Fort Calhoun: nuclear material being cooled by backup generators after berm...
After the 2,000 foot berm which collapsed on Sunday at the Fort Calhoun nuclear plant — from ABC News: The breach allowed Missouri River flood waters to reach containment buildings and transformers and...
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NRC issues press release regarding Fort Calhoun’s berm collapse
NRC issues press release on Fort Calhoun’s berm failure (PDF doc): 06/26/2011 IV-11-031 NRC Activates Incident Response Center for Tracking Events at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant The collapse...
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Flooding at Fort Calhoun: Water surrounds reactor building, spend fuel pool...
Flood tests not over for nuke plant: Because of the collapsed water-filled dam, river water surrounds the main reactor building, mechanical building, spent fuel pool building and other structures....
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Fire inside protected area and injured worker at Fort Calhoun nuclear plant
Event Number: 47001 | Date: 6/30/2011 OFFSITE NOTIFICATION DUE TO PERSON BEING EVACUATED “At 1423 CDT, the Control Room was notified of a fire inside the protected area isolated to a portable water...
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Checking in on Fort Calhoun, Cooper Nuclear Station and Los Alamos
THERE IS NO ‘NEW‘ NEWS FROM EITHER NEBRASKA NUCLEAR PLANT next to the flooded Missouri River. There have been no new event notifications to the NRC in the last week. River gauge readings for both Fort...
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